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Thus the King of Tibet gave the most cordial reception and commanded the people to receive Atisa’s teachings with profound veneration. Out of reverence for his deep learning, he gave him the title of Jovo Je (the Supreme Lord, in Sanskrit Prabhu Swami).
At Tholin, Atisa preached the Mahayana and wrote several works on the principles and cults of the general and esoteric branches of Buddhism, among which Boddhisatva Pradipa is most eminent. He revived the Mahayana in Tibet and cleared it of its foreign and heretic elements. After a residence of 13 years which was distributed over the different provinces of Tibet, enjoying uninterruptedly the good will and veneration of the people, he died at Nethan near Lhasa at the age of 73 in the year 1053 or 1054 A.D. He is still remembered with deep veneration all over higher Asia, wherever Tibetan Buddhism prevails and was the spiritual guide and teacher of Bromton (HBrom ston Rgyal-vahi hbyun gnas), founder of the first grand hierarchy of Tibet.
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